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Who is Jennifer McClellan? Legislator makes history as 1st Black woman elected to Congress in...
Yahoo News· 1 year agoThen-state Sen. Jennifer McClellan at a canvassing event in Richmond, Va., in December. (Tom...
Police departments turn to historically Black colleges to replenish their ranks
Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs police departments across the country continue to face significant challenges with recruiting and...
California sends final reparations report to state lawmakers as national bill sits in limbo
Yahoo News· 1 year agoCalifornia’s Reparations Task Force approved its final report last weekend, recommending a public...
Black people are being falsely convicted of serious crimes at alarming rates, report finds
Yahoo News· 2 years agoBlack people in the U.S. are seven times more likely to be falsely convicted of a serious crime like...
State of the Union? Congress doesn't fully reflect diversity
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoWhen lawmakers gather for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, the Republican side of...
Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries haunted by record of his antisemitic uncle: Who is Leonard...
Yahoo News· 1 year agoHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is being forced to explain why he defended the...
Forget the red wave, this Georgia politician is riding ‘a rainbow wave’
MAKERS via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoFor years, Georgia has been a deep-red state when it comes to politics. But after this month’s...
Affirmative action under threat as high court hears UNC case
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoOnce a bastion of segregation, the University of North Carolina now takes account of race to make up...
Budd embraces Trump, abortion opposition in NC Senate race
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoIn competitive races across the U.S., Republican candidates are distancing themselves from their...
Texas university students protest drag show's cancellation
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoProtests continued Wednesday at a university in the Texas Panhandle after the school's president said a planned campus drag show wouldn't be allowed and expressed the view that such events “ ...